Louis Vuitton Fashion and Business

Apparently Zimbabwe’s plan to sell off the conflict diamonds from their Marange diamond fields is simply not going to come through as long as the HRW (Human Rights Watch) has any say in the matter. The HRW specifically instructed the leading diamond jewelry providers in the world to keep their distance from any diamonds from Zimbabwe. Specifically, Arvind Ganesan, Director of the Business & Human Rights Division at HRW, released an official warning regarding a full on embargo of Zimbabwe diamonds due to their many violations of serious human rights conditions. According to Arvind Ganesan, Zimbabwean diamonds are conflict diamonds in every sense of the term, and as such the HRW is requesting that jewelry retailers and jewelry consumers boycott these diamonds until the human rights infringements reach their end. In fact, Arvind Ganesan wrote a letter asking as much from leaders in the diamond jewelry industry, such as Cartier, Tiffany’s, and Zale.

Arvind Ganesan has turned to the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme as well as the World Diamond Council in an attempt to expand the current definition of blood diamonds to contain diamonds acquired by governments in conflict and not only diamonds by rebel groups. In his letter, the Director of the Human Rights Watch requested that major diamond jewelry retailers issue public statements regarding refusal to purchase Zimbabwean diamonds. Such acts on the parts of the major players in the diamond retail community will surely have some significant long-term effects on diamond production from the Murowa diamond mine, as well as the River Ranch diamond mine, which are thought to be channels for the sale of diamonds from the Marange fields in Zimbabwe.

Over the last few years there has been a concerted effort by most customers to report their exact experiences with different businesses online in excruciating detail. The intention of most customers is to prevent others from enduring their negative experiences and to encourage people to buy from other places. The jewelry store industry has been hit particularly hard by this trend with jewelry store reviews being overwhelmingly negative. One store that has been affected by this is Samuels Jewelers Reviews.

Samuels Jewelers is one of the oldest jewelry retailers in the United States, having opened its doors as The House of Lucky Wedding Rings in San Francisco in 1891. Over the course of the following century, the company expanded until stores were present in every major city in the United States. Their online operation is a recent addition to their business. And, like all jewelry retailers, they aim to provide an experience online that is nearly identical to that which occurs in their stores, including only selling diamonds which are conflict-free.